Answer to Question 1
D
The nurse is responsible for assessing changes in body temperature. The nurse instructs nursing assistive personnel to select the appropriate route and device to measure temperature, to obtain temperature measurement at ordered frequency, and to be aware of the usual values for the patient.
Answer to Question 2
A
Perioperative nursing care occurs before, during, and after a surgery. Preadmission testing occurs before surgery and is considered preoperative. Nursing care provided during the surgical procedure is considered intraoperative, and in the postanesthesia care unit, it is considered postoperative. All of these are parts of the perioperative phase, but each individual phase does not explain the term completely.
Physical therapist assisting a patient to walk in the parallel bars.
Treating the pregnant patient
Patient Teaching Methods Cont.
Cyanosis as shown here at the patient’s fingertips results from a lack of oxygen in the tissues
Men and women work the same number of hours a week, but men spend more time on paid work, and women ...
Muscle weakness caused by myasthenia gravis is evident in the eyes of this patient.